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Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:33 am
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 Endanged Animals...The Snow Leopard
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Endanged Animals...The Snow Leopard
One of the most exquisitly beautiful animals on the endangered list is The Snow leopard and it is majorly because of the vial Fur trade....Why O Why does man allow his ego to kill his concience and destroy such beauty just for his vanity..The Fur trade seems to be nothing more than a bunch of international murderers and ignorant criminals
Below is a details of this wonderful animal
STATUS:
Endangered
DESCRIPTION:
Well known for its beautiful fur, the snow leopard has a soft grey coat, covered with ringed spots of black on brown. Its tail is heavy with fur and the bottom of its paws are covered with fur for protection against snow and cold.
SIZE:
The snow leopard is 47 to 59 inches in length, while its tail is 31 to 39 inches long.
POPULATION:
Extremely rare in most of their range due to the demand for skins, an estimated 3,000 to 7,000 are left in the wild, and about 370 in captivity. Although trade in snow leopard furs is illegal, it continues, threatening the snow leopard’s existence.
LIFESPAN:
Snow leopards have lived up to 15 years in captivity.
RANGE:
The snow leopard is found in the high mountains of Central Asia, specifically the Himalayas, Altai and Hindu Kush. Snow leopards have a broad home range covering about 100 square miles because of the lack of abundant prey.
FOOD:
The snow leopard’s prey includes wild sheep, wild boars, gazelles, hares, markhor, bobak, tahr, marmots, mice and deer. They stalk their prey and usually spring from a distance of 20 to 50 feet.
BEHAVIOR:
As solitary creatures, snow leopards pair only during the breeding season. They do not roar. Snow leopards are most active in the early morning and late afternoon. They den in rocky caverns and crevices.
OFFSPRING:
The breeding season is usually from January to May, with a gestation period that lasts 98 to 103 days. A female will give birth to one to four young in the spring in a rocky shelter lined with her fur. The young follow their mother on hunts at three months and remain with her through their first winter.
THREATS:
Poaching for the fur trade.
PROTECTION:
*CITES Appendix I, U.S. Endangered Species Act
*Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, an international treaty with more than 144 member countries. Appendix I listed species cannot be traded commercially. Appendix II listed species can be traded commercially only if trade does not harm their survival.
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jsqueek
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:48 am
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Endangered 
i love these beautiful creatures.
its hard to believe that there are idiots out there who cannot see its value as a magnificent animal and not as a dead one.
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antipodi
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:20 am
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Sadly it is mans most destructive forces affecting their lives here ..Greed and Vanity...
Antipodi
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Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:58 am
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i saw a programme and it described them as being elusive, very hard to find. it took them over a year to find them.
lets hope they manage to hide themselves from mans insanity.
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